нужда

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Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

Pronunciation

Noun

ну́жда (núždaf

  1. need
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

нужда́ (nuždá)

  1. second-person singular aorist indicative of нужда́я се (nuždája se)
  2. third-person singular aorist indicative of нужда́я се (nuždája se)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

Pronunciation

Noun

нужда (nuždaf (relational adjective нужен)

  1. necessity
  2. (euphemistic) need to go the bathroom

Declension

Declension of нужда
singular plural
indefinite нужда (nužda) нужди (nuždi)
definite unspecified нуждата (nuždata) нуждите (nuždite)
definite proximal нуждава (nuždava) нуждиве (nuždive)
definite distal нуждана (nuždana) нуждине (nuždine)
vocative нуждо (nuždo) нужди (nuždi)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa. Displaced the inherited East Slavic form нужа (nuža).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

нужда́ (nuždáf inan (genitive нужды́, nominative plural ну́жды, genitive plural нужд)

  1. need, want, request
  2. need, indigence

Declension

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), likely via Russian нужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nûʒda/
  • Hyphenation: нуж‧да

Noun

ну̏жда f (Latin spelling nȕžda)

  1. need
  2. necessity

Declension

References

  • нужда”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ноужда (nužda), from Proto-Slavic *nuďa. Displaced the inherited East Slavic form ну́жа (núža). Doublet of ну́жа (núža, lice; flies) (obsolete).[1]

Pronunciation

  • нужда́: IPA(key):
  • ну́жда: IPA(key): (rare)
  • Audio; нужда́ (nuždá):(file)

Noun

нужда́ or ну́жда1 (nuždá or núžda1f inan (genitive нужди́ or ну́жди1, uncountable) (1Rare.)

  1. need, neediness, indigence, privation, want (lack of means of subsistence)
    Synonyms: неста́тки m pl (nestátky), скру́та f (skrúta), бі́дність f (bídnistʹ), біднота́ f (bidnotá), зли́дні m pl (zlýdni), убо́гість f (ubóhistʹ)
  2. (rare) need (requirement for something)
    Synonyms: потре́ба f (potréba), необхі́дність f (neobxídnistʹ)
  3. (dialectal) Synonym of біда́ f (bidá, misfortune, trouble)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “нужда”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 117

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